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Mk 9:5c ... "And let us make three tents, ..."

The fifth phrase contains these 4 dialog words ... kai poiēsōmen treis skēnas ("And let us make three tents, ...").

The 4 dialog words are top down. The three disciples make three hypothetical tents by simply speaking the word. The three tents exist in the minds eye of everyone hearing the word but not yet in reality. The first word "kai" (and) from Simon links James and John together. The next two words "poiēsōmen treis" (let us make three) from James and John are tangent to the three white equilateral triangles at the base of the mountain that are tangent to Jesus, Moses, and Elias. The fourth word "skēnas" (tents) from Simon, directly inside the middle white triangle, gives a name to the three triangles they ask Jesus permission to make. Many scholars think the three tents was a reference to Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan river, because the mountain has three prominant peaks. The noun "skēnas" (tents) are white equilateral triangles, identical to the sign of Simon's alias "Stone." The next diagram will show how the disciples will put Jesus, Moses, and Elias inside their imaginary tents.

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